Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-10-28
LOCAL NEWS,

buyer, is registered at the Addison House.
Mr.. F. A. Bond during his recent trip
to Boston sold his ST. Bernard dog, to go
to Portsmouth, n. Ii.
Business at the pulp mills has suffered
in consequence of lack of power, owing
to low water in the creek.
Rev. w. J. Tilley of Brandon preached
at st. Stephens last Sunday in exchange
with the rector, Rev. Mr.. Carpenter.
The auction sale of the property at the
old cotton mill has again been postponed,
this time to Saturday afternoon, Novem-
Der 5.
Rev. S. G. Bean of Salem, Mass, will
hold Unitarian services at Odd Fellows
hall next Sunday morning, Oct. 80, at
the usual hour.
Duck-hunting has been good at Lake
Dunmore this fall. Messrs. p. F. Chap
man and A. b. Colby bagged % there
the other day.
The members of Camp Tracy Sons of
second anniversary of the founding of
the camp, which comes week from next
Monday evening.
s.. j. Lavarne has sold his interest in
the Addison House barber shop and gone
back to Vergennes. Alex. Steady, who
came from the north part of the county,
iS tho prasant propriator
The morning express north now passes
this station at :45 instead of 4 :05 a. m.
That is the only change of time of pas
senger trains at this station made by the
new timetable which went into effect on
Monday.
The quantity of butter brought in Mon
day was smaller than on previous market
days, and the quality is beginning to fall
off little with the advance of the season.
Prices remain the same as for several
weeks-20 to q cents for good and %
cents for selections.
Miss Lizzie OLeary is training the
young people of the Catholic church who
are to give the dramatic entertainment
at the town hall on the evening of Nov.
81. The play to be presented is " Bread
on the Waters There is also to be
good music and other interesting feat
ures.
Miss Ida Nj. Counter, daughter of Peter
Counter, who had been i'll with typhoid
fever for several weeks at the home of
the family on High street, died at two
o'clock yesterday morning. She was %
years of age. The funeral will be at the
Catholic church at O'Clock tomorrow
morning.
Will McCue, on whom Ernest Bost-
wick of Brooksville, arrested for intoxi-
cation here last week, disclosed, was
tried for selling before Judge Knapp and
jury at the town room on Saturday
morning. He was convicted of one
offence, and appealed. States Attorney
Wilds prosecuted and Jas. M. Slade, Esq,
defended.
An ear of corn of noteworthy size was
brought into this office the other day.
1t was of 12-rowed variety, weighed
just an even pound and contained 672
kernels. 1t came from the field of Mr.
Charles Washburn, whose farm lies with
in half mile of the summit of the noun
tain in Goshen. He had two-acre piece
from which he got $50 bushels of ears.
Mr.. Levi C. Sturdevant OF weybridge,
who few weeks since went West with
sheep for Mr.. c. A. Chapman, reached
here Tuesday night on his way home,
While on the streets he lost pocket
book containing between S65 and $40 in
bills and various receipts and other pa
pers. This is the third or fourth pocket
book lost in the village within a month.
Mrs. j. w. Lovett, of whose illness
mention has been made, died during
Thursday night of last week. The fu-
neral was attended from the house at
O'Clock Sunday afternoon. Rev. Il. G.